In the week preceding the World Cup qualification matches, there was, as
always, plenty of interesting action going on in the European pitches.
In the first clash involving two Champions League participants
the Ukrainian champions easily won the national derby against Dynamo Kyiv. Though Yarmolenko managed to score once between two goals of defender Oleksandr Kucher, the Kyiv side didn’t have too many chances. In a match where 9 yellow cards were shown to the teams, the title holders were overall better. The intrigue was killed 10 minutes before the final whistle, when Luiz Adriano set the final score – 3-1.
The noisy PSG was looking for the first win in the league in a match, where they visited Lille. The match calmed down after the first 20 stormy minutes, where Aurelien Chedjou’s header turned to be a consolation answer to the two classical one-on-one goals by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The PSG number 18 has scored 4 goals in 4 matches now.
In the first clash involving two Champions League participants
the Ukrainian champions easily won the national derby against Dynamo Kyiv. Though Yarmolenko managed to score once between two goals of defender Oleksandr Kucher, the Kyiv side didn’t have too many chances. In a match where 9 yellow cards were shown to the teams, the title holders were overall better. The intrigue was killed 10 minutes before the final whistle, when Luiz Adriano set the final score – 3-1.
The noisy PSG was looking for the first win in the league in a match, where they visited Lille. The match calmed down after the first 20 stormy minutes, where Aurelien Chedjou’s header turned to be a consolation answer to the two classical one-on-one goals by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The PSG number 18 has scored 4 goals in 4 matches now.
Later in the evening Nou Camp
saw a very dynamic match between Barcelona and Valencia. The fabulous strike
from Adriano became a decider. Villanova’s team is the only Spanish league team,
which hasn’t lost any points yet. Valencia is one step away from the relegation
zone, however they have the two worst matches of the season behind – away encounters
with Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The latter won for the first
time in this season’s Primera. Ronaldo scored his first two goals. This time it
was not any of his goals, but the story around them, that became an issue.
Ronaldo didn’t celebrate the scorings, mysteriously claiming that he is not
happy!
But the football week had
started with the match called European season curtain raiser. Champions of
Champions League were brutally destroyed by Falcao and his Atletico Madrid.
Marvelous goals of the Colombian striker made Europe feel sorry that this
wonderful striker will be missing in the Champions League group stage this
season. The final score was 4-1; the only Chelsea goal coming from Gary Cahill
on the 75th minute.
The matches before Champions
League group stage start include some spectacular local encounters, including
the Danish Superliga match between FC Copenhagen and FC Nordsjælland, where the
ex-champions will challenge the current title holders; and the match, where
Zenit will test Terek, surprisingly having equal points with Russian champions.
The Portuguese teams received a day-off this time, so now they can concentrate
on the continental trophy.
Welcome to the week where Champions League 2012-13 group stage will kick off. All the teams have equal points and equal chances to earn the necessary points to advance. Now it is up to them to make history. The central matches of the first matchday are Real Madrid (Spanish champions) – Manchester City (English champions) for Tuesday and Chelsea (Champions League champions) –Juventus (Italian champions) for Wednesday. Let the strongest win!
Welcome to the week where Champions League 2012-13 group stage will kick off. All the teams have equal points and equal chances to earn the necessary points to advance. Now it is up to them to make history. The central matches of the first matchday are Real Madrid (Spanish champions) – Manchester City (English champions) for Tuesday and Chelsea (Champions League champions) –Juventus (Italian champions) for Wednesday. Let the strongest win!
18-09
Dinamo Z.–Porto
PSG-Dynamo K.
Montpellier-Arsenal
Olympiakos-Schalke 04
Milan-Anderlecht
Malaga-Zenit
Borussia D. – Ajax
Real M. – Manchester City
19-09
Chelsea-Juventus
Shakhtar D.-FC Nordsjælland
Bayern-Valencia
Lille-BATE
Barcelona-Spartak M.
Celtic-Benfica
Manchester United-Galatasaray
Braga-Cluj
| Club | Last Matches | Next match | Position in the domestic league |
| Ajax (Netherlands) | 02.09 Heerenveen (A) 2-2 | 15.09 Waalwijk (H) | 4 |
| BATE (Belarus) | 01.09 FC Gomel (A) 2-1 | 15.09 Torpedo Zh. (H) | 1 |
| Anderlecht (Belgium) | 02.09 Genk (H) 2-2 | 15.09 Lierse (A) | 2 |
| Dinamo Z. (Croatia) | 01.09 Lokomotiva Z(A)1-3 | 15.09 Osijek (H) | 1 |
| Arsenal (England) | 02.09 Liverpool (A) 2-0 | 15.09 Southampton (H) | 8 |
| Man. City (England) | 01.09 QPR (H) 3-1 | 15.09 Stoke City (A) | 4 |
| Man. Utd. (England) | 02.09 Southampton (A) 3-2 | 15.09 Wigan (H) | 5 |
| Chelsea (England) | 31.08 Atletico M. (-) 1-4 | 15.09 QPR (A) | 1 |
| FC Barcelona (Spain) | 29.08 Real Madrid (A) 1-2 02.09 Valencia (H) 1-0 | 16.09 Getafe (A) | 1 |
| Real Madrid (Spain) | 29.08 Barcelona (H) 2-1 02.09 Granada (H) 3-0 | 16.09 Sevilla (A) | 9 |
| Valencia (Spain) | 02.09 Barcelona (A) 0-1 | 16.09 Celta (H) | 17 |
| Malaga (Spain) | 01.09 R. Zaragoza (A) 1-0 | 16.09 Levante (H) | 3 |
| Bayern (Germany) | 02.09 Stuttgart (H) 6-1 | 15.09 Mainz (H) | 1 |
| Borussia D. (Germany) | 01.09 Nurnberg (A) 1-1 | 15.09 Bayer (H) | 6 |
| Schalke 04 (Germany) | 01.09 Augsburg (H) 3-1 | 15.09 Gr. Furth (A) | 4 |
| Benfica (Portugal) | 02.09 Nacional M. (H) 3-0 | 19.09 Celtic (A) | 1 |
| Porto (Portugal) | 02.09 Olhanense (A) 3-2 | 18.09 Dinamo Z (A) | 2 |
| Sp. Braga (Portugal) | 02.09 Pacos de Fer. (A) 0-2 | 19.09 Cluj (H) | 7 |
| CFR Cluj (Romania) | 01.09 Petrolul (H) 2-2 | 14.09 Dinamo Buc. (A) | 7 |
| Galatasaray (Turkey) | 02.09 Bursaspor (H) 3-2 | 15.09 Antalyaspor (A) | 1 |
| Juventus (Italy) | 02.09 Udinese (A) 4-1 | 16.09 Genoa (A) | 1 |
| Milan (Italy) | 01.09 Bologna (A) 3-1 | 15.09 Atalanta (H) | 10 |
| Montpellier (France) | 01.09 Sochaux (A) 3-1 | 14.09 St. Reims (A) | 13 |
| PSG (France) | 02.09 Lille (A) 2-1 | 14.09 Toulouse (H) | 8 |
| Lille (France) | 02.09 PSG (H) 1-2 | 15.09 Troyes (A) | 11 |
| Nordsjæland (Denmark) | 02.09 Brøndby (H) 0-0 | 15.09 Copenhagen (A) | 3 |
| Olympiacos (Greece) | 02.09 Levadiakos (H) 4-0 | 15.09 PAS Giannina (A) | 1 |
| Shakhtar D. (Ukraine) | 01.09 Dynamo K. (H) 3-1 | 15.09 Zorya (A) | 1 |
| Dynamo K. (Ukraine) | 02.09 Shakhtar D. (A) 1-3 | 14.09 Karpaty (H) | 3 |
| Zenit (Russia) | 02.09 Mordovia (A) 3-0 | 14.09 Terek (H) | 1 |
| Spartak M. (Russia) | 02.09 Lokomotiv M.(A)1-2 | 15.09 Kuban (A) | 8 |
| Celtic (Scotland) | 01.09 Hibernian (H) 2-2 | 15.09 St. Johnstone (A) | 2 |
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